AGCOUNT OF A JOURNEY TO THH Sources of -ths 



Cedai'f with fomecurioufl/ carved Hones reprefenting the H indu de^ 

 fties ; two figures in ftone reprefentsng Arjun and Bhimse'n, are re- 

 markably well executed, but their faces have been defaced, it is faid 

 by the Rohillas^ in an incurfion of old into the hills. One curious Hone 

 reprefents in relief a large afTemblage of Hindu divinities, among 

 whom Gamer's A, Ditega, Bhava'ni &c, &c. were readily recogi- 

 nifed, A narrow cavern leadiog under ground through the rock from 

 ihe village to the river fide, ufed^ it is faid, by the people of the country 

 in times of danger^ was JObewn us^ but we did not explore it. 



^Opposite to this village, Barm-Ci-Gad"k,a large dream which has its 

 twfe. in. the lofty peak oi Bongi^Ca-Tiba debouches into \ht Juvina, In 

 -the Ravine we obferved a curioufiy fituated houfe, or forts built upon 



a (mall roc.fcy eminence, quite infulatedin the middle of the ftream. 

 Its name was Biraltu, and it belonged to a .zemindar of fome, confer 



■quence,.BHuV SinHo 



■■'Our route now lay alongfome table land jul;l on th& river bank,: 



paffing Bandergerri, a ruined fort oo a fmall nfiing ground above the 



road, we defcended to Necral-Ci-Gadli, which ftreara is faid to be the 



rboundary between Ct^rtij/j^/ and Sirmor.; but there appears to be a fort 



'Of Igiid debateable around Lakha-^mandal, which contains fome (pots 



of ; lands far richer than that generally met wiihin the- hills. NecraU 



Ci'Gad/i is very.coniiderable, and is faid to take its rife in Thiran^Ca" 



^iba^ nearly two -days journey to the N. W. ; its immediate banks 



.arc rocky and wooded, ^nd much .£ne alder wood grows on them^ as 



well as on thofe o£th€ Jttm/iijo 



.AfTsa aiharpaTcentup ,a bate rocky hill, a rough path along its 

 face brought us to Bartchauli, a large and apparendy populous village, 

 .iiigh, above the river, .and where we rested for the night. The place of 



